用膜蒸馏方法制备高Alc含量的高浓度聚合氯化铝

A direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) process was applied to prepare high concentration polyaluminum chloride (PACl) with high Alc content. The changes in total Al concentration (AlT) and Al species distribution were investigated. The results showed that AlT increased but the flux decreased with operating time during the DCMD process. The Alc content increased from 65% to 81% while the Alb content decreased from 34% to 18%, and the Ala content was almost 1% in the process. 2.1 mol•L1 PACl with 81% Alc was successfully prepared by DCMD method. Thus the DCMD is an effective method for preparing high concentration PACl with high Alc content.     

不同条件下低温低浊水混凝试验研究

为了保证饮用水水质并实现节能降耗,宁夏宁东水厂采用调节原水pH值,投加高锰酸钾的方式来强化常规处理工艺。结果表明,调节pH值对于处理偏碱性的低温低浊水具有良好的净化效果。当原水pH值调节为中性时,混凝效果达到最优;适当使用聚丙烯酰胺可以优化混凝效果,但由于聚丙烯酰胺具有毒性,在实际运行中要慎重使用;高锰酸钾预氧化可有效提高低温低浊水的处理效果,对于提高冬季低温低浊水处理效果具有重要影响;通过滤池反冲洗水回流的方法．可以提高原水中颗粒物的数量．有助于提高水处理过程中颗粒碰撞效率,改善混凝效果。     

PBBs, PBDEs, and PCBs in foods collected from e-waste disassembly sites and daily intake by local residents

This study was conducted to estimate the total daily dietary intakes (TDIs) of three PHAHs subfamilies for residents living around the large e-waste disassembly sites in the Zhejiang province of China. A total of 191 food samples (including seven food groups and drinking water) were obtained from the disassembly sites and the control site in April, 2007. The levels of three PHAHs were measured by GC-MS. The estimated TDIs of PBBs (385.5 ng day^− 1), PBDEs (195.9 ng day^− 1), and PCBs (12,372.9 ng day^− 1) in the disassembly sites were approximately 2-3 times higher than those in the control site, which suggested that these PHAHs from e-waste might have entered into the food chain. Rice appeared to be the food group showing the highest contribution to the individual dietary intakes of these PHAHs. The estimated TDIs were also compared with those results reported recently in the literature and their respective reference doses by WHO (or Health Canada). By and large, although the estimated TDIs for the PHAHs under study were lower than their respective reference doses, they were obviously higher than those observed in other places listed in the literature, thus suggesting that residents living around the disassembly sites have been exposed to higher levels of PHAHs than those places, and might thus be at greater health risk.     

Cu(II)-catalyzed THM formation during water chlorination and monochloramination: A comparison study

The catalytic effect of Cu(II) on trihalomethane (THM) formation during chlorination and monochloramination of humic acid (HA) containing water was comparatively investigated under various pH conditions. Results indicate that in the presence of Cu(II), the formation of THMs was significantly promoted as pH decreased in both chlorination and monochloramination. More THMs were formed during Cu(II)-catalyzed monochloramination which was partially due to enhanced hydroxyl radical (OH) generation as demonstrated by electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis. To discriminate the reactive moieties of HA, nine model compounds, which approximately represented the chemical structure of HA, were individually oxidized by chlorine or monochloramine. Results show that Cu(II) could promote THM formation through reacting with citric acid and similar structures in HA. During chlorination and monochloramination of citric acid in the absence of Cu(II), major intermediates including chlorocarboxylic acid, chloroacetone and chloroacetic anhydride were identified. However, the catalysis of Cu(II) did not produce any new intermediate. The complexation of Cu(II) with model compounds was characterized via FTIR analysis. The reaction mechanism for Cu(II)-catalyzed THM formation was proposed to comprise two pathways: (1) indirect catalysis in which OH oxidizes the large molecules of HA into small ones to enhance THM formation; and (2) direct catalysis in which Cu(II) complexes with HA to accelerate the decarboxylation steps for THM formation.     

Role of aluminum speciation in the removal of disinfection byproduct precursors by a coagulation process

Humic acid (HA) was extracted and separated into different molecular weight (MW) fractions, then coagulated by aluminum chloride and polyaluminum chloride (PACl). The removal of disinfection byproduct (DBP) precursors and the aluminum speciation variation of the coagulants were investigated in detail. In particular, the role of aluminum speciation in the removal of DBP precursors was discussed. During the coagulation process, AlCl3 hydrolyzed into dominating in situ Al13 species at pH 5.5. The in situ Al13 species exhibited better removal ability for haloacetic acid (HAA) precursors than PACl. At pH 7.5, in situ hydrolyzed Al13 species of AlCl3 decomposed into dimeric Al species. In this case, preformed Al13 of PACl had a high removal ability of HAA precursors. Specially, the greatest reduction of HAA precursors with a low MW (<30 kDa) was through charge neutralization at pH 5.5, and that of HAA precursors in high MW (> 30 kDa) fractions was through adsorption at pH 7.5. Different from HAA precursors, the in situ Al13 species did not have a high removal ability of trihalomethane (THM) precursors. Therefore, PACl exhibited a better removal ability of THM precursors than AlCl3 at different pH values. In the different MW fractions, the greatest reduction of THM precursors was through charge neutralization at pH 5.5.     

用生物测试评价臭氧-生物活性炭净水工艺

设计了一组基于生物标记物的生物测试方法,并用于评价南方某水厂臭氧-生物活性炭中试工艺对水中痕量有机有毒污染物的去除效果.测试方法包括检测类雌激素效应物质的重组基因酵母试验,检测遗传毒性物质的SOS/umu试验和检测芳烃(Ah)受体效应物质的EROD试验.研究表明,仅在水库原水中存在很低浓度水平的间接遗传毒性物质,水处理各工艺出水均为阴性.工艺对类雌激素效应物质和Ah受体效应物质的去除率分别为91.3%和90.6%,主要在臭氧工艺段得到有效去除.采用成组生物标记物方法可以对饮用水中的痕量有机污染物进行毒性筛选或测试,适用于对水处理工艺的风险评价.     

Enhanced bio-methane and bio-hydrogen production using banana plant waste and sewage sludge through anaerobic co-digestion

The yield of bio-methane and bio-hydrogen was enhanced by co-digesting banana plant waste (BPW) and sewage sludge (SS). In stage 1, acclimatisation of the inoculum SS is performed in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR), and its various parameters are analyzed daily. In stage 2, six different BPW to SS ratios is optimized and incubated in manual methane potential test setup (MMPTS) for 40 days. The highest bio-methane and bio-hydrogen yields were observed from R4 (60% BPW and 40% SS). In stage 3, the best-achieved ratio of BPW and SS are then treated with different doses of NaOH as an alkaline pre-treatment. The highest bio-methane was achieved from dose 2 (0.75 mol NaOH) as 620.8 NmL/day. The study shows that the co-digestion of the BWP with SS has promising potential for enhanced bio-methane and bio-hydrogen production.     

Photoactuation Healing of α‐FeOOH@g‐C3N4 Catalyst for Efficient and Stable Activation of Persulfate

Inspired by living systems, the construction of smart devices that can self‐heal in response to structural damage is a promising technology for maintaining the high activity and stability of catalysts during heterocatalytic reactions. Here this study demonstrates an ingenious platform that enabled efficient persulfate (PS) activation for contaminant degradation via integrating a catalyst with photoactuation regeneration. Under irradiation, it is unambiguously confirmed that the collective properties of a tailored FeOOH@C₃N₄ catalyst permit interfacial photoexcited electron transport from the photocatalyst substrate to needle‐shaped FeOOH. This results in the simultaneous recovery of Fe(III) and optimization of the Fe(II)/Fe(III) ratio on FeOOH surface during PS activation process, so that the healed chemical structure ensures that subsequent PS activation remains unimpaired. Aqueous organic contaminant (bisphenol A) oxidation efficacy in this system is almost 20 times higher than for photo‐ or Fenton‐oxidation alone. This work highlights the concept of catalyst regeneration for stable reactive species generation in solution, which represents alternative application of photocatalysis for practical environmental remediation. Further, the photoactuation healing approach can be expanded into various domains, such as material fabrication or chemical synthesis.     

Competitive adsorption of Pb, Cu and Cd ions from aqueous solutions by multiwalled carbon nanotubes

The individual and competitive adsorption capacities of Pb²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Cd²⁺ by nitric acid treated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were studied. The maximum sorption capacities calculated by applying the Langmuir equation to single ion adsorption isotherms were 97.08 mg/g for Pb²⁺, 24.49 mg/g for Cu²⁺ and 10.86 mg/g for Cd²⁺ at an equilibrium concentration of 10 mg/l. The competitive adsorption studies showed that the affinity order of three metal ions adsorbed by CNTs is Pb²⁺>Cu²⁺>Cd²⁺. The Langmuir adsorption model can represent experimental data of Pb²⁺ and Cu²⁺ well, but does not provide a good fit for Cd²⁺ adsorption data. The effects of solution pH, ionic strength and CNT dosage on the competitive adsorption of Pb²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Cd²⁺ ions were investigated. The comparison of CNTs with other adsorbents suggests that CNTs have great potential applications in environmental protection regardless of their higher cost at present.